Example sentences of "it means " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the term ‘ Abstract Expressionist ’ means anything verifiable , it means painterliness : loose , rapid handling , or the look of it ; masses that blot and fuse instead of shapes that stay distinct ; large , conspicuous rhythms ; broken color ; uneven saturations or densities of paint ; exhibited brush , knife , finger or rag marks — in short a constellation of physical features like those defined by Wölflinn when he extracted his notion of the Malerische from Baroque art . |
| 2 | But acting and all that it means is very much a doing thing , so the emphasis is always on practical work . |
| 3 | Students do n't automatically proceed to this — it depends on the talent of the individual concerned , and of course it means that an extra year 's funds have to be found . |
| 4 | This is a pity , as it means that students find it harder to get their names known , and it means they lose out on a degree of publicity . |
| 5 | This is a pity , as it means that students find it harder to get their names known , and it means they lose out on a degree of publicity . |
| 6 | You do n't know what it means . |
| 7 | I 'll show him what it means to walk out on his family . |
| 8 | But if you can start again it means you have not even begun . |
| 9 | This is something that the British harp on that incessantly , using it as the main reason for choosing one restaurant over another , but do we really understand what it means and are we consistent in our assessment of perceived value ? |
| 10 | ‘ It means , ’ said Bramble wearily , ‘ that we are under siege from the great detectives . |
| 11 | ‘ It means we can skip breakfast . |
| 12 | It means our not having our leave together . |
| 13 | But this silliness does not derive from what I claimed about what it means to have successful thoughts : it derives from our habit of regarding individual thoughts as if they were like sentences . |
| 14 | It means that we can think about things that are not present . |
| 15 | When we identify such a structure , then it means that we can successfully explain our observations in terms of concepts that we genuinely understand already . |
| 16 | Beyond this , current sensations converge with knowledge and memory and desire to make sense of the experience of the present : I not only experience this object but I recognize it — as something of a certain kind ; as yours , as mine , as something I have seen before ; and it means something to me in terms of my appetites and needs and ambitions . |
| 17 | Do what the boss says even if it means annihilating yourself . ’ |
| 18 | Which is interesting because here the three of us are , thinking about what it means to belong somewhere , what it might mean to belong to this idea called ‘ theatre ’ . |
| 19 | It means something has been said or something has happened that has put the subject of the remark in an uncomfortable place . |
| 20 | Having won the Australian Open and now the French it means that Seles is on a Grand Slam roll , though she swiftly pointed out that Wimbledon 's grass might be her downfall . |
| 21 | It means that money to pay for your current fuel consumption , and towards the arrears you owe , is taken from your benefit each week and paid direct to your fuel account . |
| 22 | It means , too , devoting as much space as possible to selling rather than seating . |
| 23 | And the extra reward is that if a dog learns to sit when he sees a child , it means he does n't jump up . |
| 24 | This is what it means to say that Dostoevsky brushes against Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov as he reaches back towards the underground man . |
| 25 | Every time I go through a lean spell I 've lost a yard ; every time I score a goal it means I 'm over the hepatitis . |
| 26 | It does , however , have a missionary vision of what it means to be truly human , derived partly from rational reflection on human capacities and desires , but supremely from its conviction that we glimpse true humanity in the life , death and teaching of Jesus . |
| 27 | ‘ Just say no ’ does n't say much , no more than it means much to say to a slave , ‘ Enjoy your slavery ’ or to the poor , ‘ Shut up and accept your lot . ’ |
| 28 | We can at least begin to understand the human life and affection and anger and doubts and suffering and death of God in a way that we could not possibly begin to understand what it means for him to be God . |
| 29 | In practice , as Chris Patten seems to acknowledge , it means the latter option . |
| 30 | It means deciding where , when and why to say Yes . |